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Claudio Monteverdi

real name Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi

Italian renaissance and baroque composer, choirmaster and string player

Italy · 1567-05-15 – 1643-11-29

Claudio Monteverdi is credited on 698 albums across 3,610 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,610

Credits

698

Albums

8

Decades active

15

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Italian composer (mainly of madrigals and operas), gambist, and singer and Roman Catholic priest. Born in Cremona, 15 May 1567 (baptized); died in Venice, 29 November 1643.
Monteverdi's work is often regarded as revolutionary and marked the transition from the Renaissance style to that of the Baroque period. He developed two individual styles of composition: the new basso continuo technique of the Baroque and the heritage of Renaissance polyphony. Enjoying fame in his lifetime, he wrote L'Orféo, first performed in 1600 and often regarded as the first opera. L'Orfeo, is still regularly performed.

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3,610 releases · 698 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 5,255
  • Other credits · 61

Studios: Church Of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead · Abbey Road Studios · Forde Abbey · All Saints Church, Tooting, London

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